Merative Annotator for Clinical Data Container Edition

Substance Use Alcohol Model (Preview)

The substance use alcohol model provides information about the alcohol usage that applies to the patient.

alcohol

The demo application above shows an example of how to use the scores from the substance use alcohol model to create attributes. In this example, “drinks alcohol” has a high use score and is promoted to an AlcoholUse attribute by the cartridge scoring rules. The example also has a high light score which results in promotion of an AlcoholUseLevel attribute with a value of light.

The usage section of the JSON response indicates how the alcohol usage applies to a patient.

usage

FeatureDescription
useScoreEvidence that there has been alcohol use by the patient.
noneScoreEvidence that there has been no alcohol use by the patient.
discussedScoreOther mentions of alcohol that do not directly apply to the patient (For example: “Do not drink alcohol while taking narcotic pain medication.“)

useStatus

FeatureDescription
stoppedScoreEvidence that the patient is a former alcohol user.
neverScoreEvidence that the patient has never consumed alcohol.

useQualifier

FeatureDescription
lightScoreEvidence that the patient is a light consumer of alcohol.
moderateScoreEvidence that the patient is a moderate consumer of alcohol.
heavyScoreEvidence that the patient is a heavy consumer of alcohol.
abuseScoreEvidence that the patient has abused alcohol.

Other alcohol features

FeatureDescription
exposureScoreThe patient has been exposed to second-hand alcohol usage, such as in utero.
nonPatientScoreThe alcohol use mentioned does not apply to the patient. (For example: “Patient’s father was an alcoholic”.)

Note that additional features, such as the status and qualifier events, only look at local context clues and do not try to reason across large distances in the text or multiple documents.

Sample Response

Consider the following sample text.

She drinks alcohol occasionally.

The clinical insight features for “drinks alcohol” might look as follows:

"insightModelData": {
"alcohol": {
"usage": {
"useScore": 1,
"noneScore": 0,
"discussedScore": 0
},
"useStatus": {
"stoppedScore": 0,